We are excited to announce that planning is underway for a Mid-South District LCMS mission trip to Tanzania in 2026. Bishop Yohana Nzelu of the Southeast of Lake Victoria Diocese (SELVD) has recommended that our mission activities take place during the week of May 18–24, 2026. Our team will depart from the United States on […]
World Missions
2025 LIME Latest News
Editor Note: all updates are from Rev. Joseph Randrianasolo, Madagascar-Lutheran Institute of Managerial Enterprise (LIME) to President Paavola. These updates are in Rev. Joseph’s own words. Update 1 – Youth4Adaptation Day LIME hosted a national Conference organized by Youth4Adaptation Day last October 14th about environment and; leadership. A former student of LIME is the first […]
2025 Tanzania Mission Trip
Over 300 Baptized The last week of May 2025 we left our hotel in the small town of Maswa for an hour drive to the small village of Mwanghonoli consisting of 30 to 40 mud homes. It was a rough drive on gravel, dirt roads and trails. We drove to a large open field in […]
LIME Update
February 2025 Email update from Rev. Joseph Randianasolo of Lutheran Institute of Managerial Enterprise (LIME), to President Paavola. The Lord be with you! Big thanks to Jesus Christ our Good Shepherd, the Head of the Church. Warm thanks to you, to your staff, to the Mid-South District and to your family.
Mission Trips…Join Us
What are you doing that is more important? Our next mission trip is tentatively scheduled to leave on May 22, 2025 arriving in Kilimanjaro Airport (Arusha) on the 23rd. We will spend one night there and then fly to Mwanza and travel by car to Shinyanga, the headquarters for the Southeast of Lake Victoria diocese. […]
Mid-South District Mission Team 2024 Tanzania
At the end of May, 14 members of a mission team representing the Mid-South District left for a mission in the Southeast of Lake Victoria Diocese of the Lutheran Church of Tanzania. We have a group of members from Memphis, Little Rock, and Cabot as well as from Missouri. The team will sharing the gospel […]
Church Roofs for Tanzania and All Africa
In the Southeast of Lake Victoria Diocese of the Lutheran church of Tanzania and across Africa, congregations are usually able to build the walls of their church using available materials like mud brick. Members of the church often dig the foundation, make bricks and construct the walls for the new buildings. Then they must fund […]
LIME UPDATE Spring 2024
—Madagascar— Editor’s note: this update is in Rev. Randrianasolo’s own words. The Lord be with you! We just finished the first semester of school year 2023/24. The in between break moving to the second semester was scheduled for oral defense of unfinished last school year theses. This is usually the last wave. We are happy […]
God Hasn’t Told Us to Stop
In Haiti, most school doors opened on September 11th. As we enter the 2023-24 school year, Trinity HOPE is celebrating another big milestone. Since 1999 we have been feeding hungry souls in Haiti, and this marks our 25th year of ministry. During these 25 years, Trinity HOPE has provided over 68 million meals to children […]
LIME Graduates
Editor’s note: this letter is Rev. Randrianasolo’s own words, sent to President Paavola. “The Lord be with you! Sunday October 1st was a great day for LIME and for the Lutheran Central Synod (District in the LCMS terminology). A great worship service was celebrated at the Malagasy Lutheran Church of North Ivory, Fianarantsoa at the […]
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